VHA Director of Nursing Education
VA/VHA
Jemma Ayvazian, DNP, ANP-BC, FAAN, FAANP, is the National Director of Nursing Education at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Washington DC. In this role, she assumes responsibility for all Veterans Affairs academic nursing education programs, including more than 20,000 nursing trainees annually. Dr. Ayvazian received her Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from Johns Hopkins University. She completed her Masters of Science in Nursing and Post-Master’s Certificate in Teaching at Boston College. She decided to dedicate her professional life to supporting veterans and their families upon completing a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Regis College in Weston, Massachusetts. Dr. Ayvazian is board-certified in Primary Care, Oncology, and Pain Management and served multiple roles at the Veterans Health Administration, with both clinical and administrative responsibilities. She worked at the Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bedford, Massachusetts, and served as a Pain Management and Traumatic Brain Injury Nurse Practitioner and Program Coordinator in the Polytrauma Clinic at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton, Ohio. She assumed clinical and program coordination responsibilities as an Oncology Nurse Practitioner at the Washington DC Veterans Affairs Medical Center before transitioning to the VA Central Office. Dr. Ayvazian received numerous performance and academic excellence and achievement awards during her career, including Jonas Veterans Healthcare and Bob Woodruff Foundation Scholar Awards.
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